Turkish Airline crashes in Amsterdam - all 135 people

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survived. Wow!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm
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A Turkish Airlines plane has crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol international airport, injuring at least 20 people.

The plane, with 135 passengers on board, crashed short of the runway near the A9 motorway and suffered significant damage.

It was Flight 1951 from Istanbul and was a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Witnesses have spoken of seeing at least 20 passengers walking from the wreckage, with luggage scattered about.

There were 127 passengers, including a baby, and seven crew on board.

Earlier reports said there was one dead, but Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim later clarified that no-one had died.

Turkish Airlines Candan Karlitekin told reporters: "There are injured passengers at the back of the plane but there are no confirmed casualties."

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1. CBC is reporting five body bags at the scene.....

I don't think it's certain yet, tho.

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2. OK I'll watch BBC on the hour n/t

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3. I drive with friends on the A9 all the time when I'm near Schipol

It's a really heavily traveled area. Looking at the wreckage, it seems a miracle that not more people were killed. It sounds like a lot of people had their lucky day this morning.

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4. I'm sure it was handled deftly.....Schiphol is as well-run an airport as there is.

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